Brittany Bivins

Brittany Bivins joined Cleveland 19 News in October 2017. While she's worked the majority of her career down South, she spent part of her childhood in Pennsylvania, and she is looking forward to seeing snow again. Brittany comes to us from the CBS affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., where she covered major political stories, including corruption scandals in each branch of state government, which eventually led to the removal or resignation of several top elected officials. She also traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border for several in-depth investigative segments on local militia members and the immigration debate. She won an award from the Associated Press for "Best Series" for that investigation. Before that, Brittany worked as weekend anchor and reporter at the CBS affiliate in Montgomery, Alabama, where she produced a franchise honoring local teachers, receiving the "Best Specialized Reporter" award from the Alabama Associated Press. She started her career as a reporter and multimedia journalist for the Fox affiliate in Shreveport, La. Brittany graduated from the University of Montevallo with degrees in Mass Communication and Theatre. She minored in Spanish, and spent part of her college summers studying abroad near Madrid, where she learned to speak Spanish fluently. She loves languages, and she is currently trying to learn Arabic. German, French, and Italian are also on her list. In her free time, Brittany loves playing with animals, volunteering as a youth mentor, traveling, and going to film festivals. She is thrilled to call Cleveland her new home and excited about everything Northeast Ohio has to offer. She's always looking for a good story, so make sure to let her know if you have one, and say hello if you see her around town!

Brittany Bivins

The abandoned house where a 14-year-old Cleveland girl was tortured and murdered will be demolished next Friday. The family of Alianna DeFreeze had made repeated pleas for the demolition following her kidnapping, rape, and murder in January 2017.

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Cleveland City Council will help subsidize a project to renovate a downtown Cleveland landmark. The Statler Arms building on Euclid opened as a hotel more than 100 years ago. Today, efforts are underway to turn it into luxury apartments.

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On Tuesday, Charles Jackson walked out of prison a free man after 27 years behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit. Jackson received help on his case from the Innocence Project, which works to free from prison people who have been wrongly convicted.

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There has been a lot of talk about 3-D printers lately. The devices, which are still fairly costly but can be as cheap as $200, print actual objects from a single blueprint, typically out of plastic. So how safe are they?

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Northeast Ohio is getting ready for winter weather. That includes everyone from snow plow companies to the Ohio Department of Transportation. "We're just kind of ready for whatever," said Marissa McDaid with ODOT.